Marcus Semien’s Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics, who will be sending Ken Waldichuk to the hill, square off at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on Friday, May 12. The first pitch will be thrown at 9:40 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Semien
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 1.5 | +110 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -128 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -119 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -138 |
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Stats and Trends for the Oakland Athletics
- Waldichuk (1-2) will take the mound for the Athletics, his eighth start of the season.
- The left-hander gave up four earned runs and allowed six hits in five innings pitched against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.
- The 25-year-old has pitched to a 7.25 ERA this season with 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 4.5 walks per nine across seven games.
- The Athletics strike out just 7.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in MLB.
- The Athletics have the 30th-ranked ERA (7.34) in the majors this season.
- Athletics pitchers have a 1.704 WHIP this season, worst in the majors.
- With 68 homers allowed, the Athletics rank last in the league at preventing long balls.
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Marcus Semien Stats vs. the Athletics
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/11/2023 | Luis Medina | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Sam Long | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/11/2023 | Austin Pruitt | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 4/23/2023 | Kyle Muller | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/2 | 1 |
| 4/22/2023 | Shintaro Fujinami | 2-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 4/21/2023 | JP Sears | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/1 | 0 |
| 9/14/2022 | JP Sears | 1-for-5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/13/2022 | Ken Waldichuk | 3-for-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/18/2022 | Zach Logue | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 8/17/2022 | Adam Oller | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
Semien Stats and Trends
- Semien has a hit in 73.0% of his games this season (27 of 37), and he posted multiple base hits in 15 of those contests (40.5%).
- He has homered in 18.9% of his games this season (37 contests), going yard in 4.1% of his trips to the plate.
- In 62.2% of his games this year (23 of 37), he has scored at least one run. In seven of those games (18.9%), he tallied more than one run scored.
- Semien has picked up at least one RBI 19 times this year in 37 games played (51.4%), including eight games with more than one RBI (21.6%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in three contests.
- He has fanned 23 times this year in 37 tries (62.2%), including punching out on multiple occasions in 21.6% of games (eight times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | GP | 19 |
| 11 (61.1%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 16 (84.2%) |
| 6 (33.3%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 9 (47.4%) |
| 9 (50.0%) | Games w/1+ Run | 14 (73.7%) |
| 1 (5.6%) | Games w/1+ HR | 6 (31.6%) |
| 6 (33.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 13 (68.4%) |
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